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jQuery object - Value = value + number - Doesn't work?

I'm attempting to update a value in an object and set it to the current value + another number. So for instance, if an object's value is 5, I want it to update like this: object key : current value (5) + 7
container[response["id"]]["quantity"] += quantity;
console.log(container[response["id"]].attr("quantity"));
This is what I'm currently attempting.. I end up with 57 instead of 12.
Any ideas?

You get as a string and + with strings concatenate them. First parse to the number using parseInt() or parseFloat() than add.
let number = parseInt(container[response["id"]]["quantity"]);
number += quantity;
container[response["id"]]["quantity"] = number;

The issue is, the value return by response["id"]]["quantity"] is a string. And when you try to add a number using + to a string, then it will concatenate it, something like 5 + 7 is 57. To deal with this, you have to parse the number to Int or to Float by using parseInt() or parseFloat(). Ex:
let num = parseInt(container[response["id"]]["quantity"]);
num += quantity;
container[response["id"]]["quantity"] = num;

JAVASCRIPT Data Type Issue

I am currently learning JS and when I do some practice, I find some issues I am unclear on data type in Javascript. I understand that JS do NOT require specific type indication, it will automatically do the type conversion whenever possible. However, I suffer one problem when I do NOT do type conversion which is as follows:
var sum = 0;
function totalSum (a) {
if (a == 0) {
return sum;
}
else {
sum += a;
return totalSum(--a);
}
}
var i = prompt("Give me an integer");
// var num = parseInt(i);
alert("Total sum from 1 to " + i + " = " + totalSum(i));
// alert("Total sum from 1 to " + i + " = " + totalSum(num));
I notice that the code works perfectly if I change the data type from string to int using parseInt function, just as the comment in the code does. BUT when I do NOT do the type conversion, things are getting strange, and I get a final result of 054321, if I input the prompt value as 5. AND in a similar way, input of 3, gets 0321 and so on.
Why is it the case? Can someone explain to me why the totalSum will be such a number? Isn't javascript will automatically helps me to turn it into integer, in order for it to work in the function, totalSum?
The sample code can also be viewed in http://jsfiddle.net/hphchan/66ghktd2/.
Thanks.

I will try to decompose what's happening in the totalSum method.
First the method totalSum is called with a string as parameter, like doing totalSum("5");
Then sum += a; (sum = 0 + "5" : sum = "05") (note that sum become a string now)
then return totalSum(--a);, --a is converting the value of a to a number and decrement it's value. so like calling return totalSum(4);
Then sum += a (sum = "05" + 4 : sum = "054") ...

See the documentation of window.prompt: (emphasis mine)
result is a string containing the text entered by the user, or the value null.

Append extra zeroes to decimal to make 4.5 look 4.500 but 4.5234 should be 4.5234

I have a value fetched from the database, it's like:
4.5 which should be 4.500
0.01 which should be 0.010
11 which should be 11.000
so I used this piece of code
sprintf("%.3f",(double)$html['camp_cpc'])
But here arised another problem. If $html['camp_cpc'] = '4.5234', then also it displays 4.523 instead of original value 4.5234
Also for other values with larger decimal like 0.346513, its only showing up to 0.346.
How can I solve this problem in JavaScript also?

Floats 4.5 and 4.500 correspond to the same number, so they cannot (and should not) be used/stored in a way that preserves the different representation. If you need to preserve the original representation given by a user, you need to store this field as a list (string) and convert to a float whenever you need the float value

In Javascript at least, this is an implementation of what I think you want:
function getValue(x, points) {
var str = x.toString();
// Convert to string
var idx = str.indexOf(".");
// If the number is an integer
if(!~idx) return str + "." + "0".repeat(points);
// Get the tail of the number
var end = str.substr(idx+1);
// If the tail exceeds the number of decimal places, return the full string
if(end.length > points) return str;
// Otherwise return the int + the tail + required number of zeroes
return str.substr(0, idx) + "." + end.substr(0, points) + "0".repeat(points-end.length);
}
console.log(getValue(4.5, 3)); //4.500
console.log(getValue(0.01, 3)); //0.010
console.log(getValue(11, 3)); //11.000
Working demo (Makes use of ES6 String.repeat for demonstration purposes)
The important thing to note here is that this is string manipulation. Once you start to say "I want the number to look like..." it's no longer a number, it's what you want to show the user.
This takes your number, converts it to the string and pads the end of the string with the appropriate number of zeroes. If the decimal exceeds the number of places required the full number is returned.

In PHP, use %0.3f — and you don't need to cast as (double)
<?php
echo sprintf("%0.3f", 4.5); // "4.500"
echo sprintf("%0.3f", 4.5234); // "4.523"
If you want to display 4 decimal places, use %0.4f
echo sprintf("%0.4f", 4.5); // "4.5000"
echo sprintf("%0.4f", 4.5234); // "4.5234"
To do this in JavaScript
(4.5).toFixed(3); // "4.500"

It could look sth. like this:
var n = [4.5234, 0.5, 0.11, 456.45];
var temp_n;
for(var i = 0; i < n.length; i++) {
temp_n = String(n[i]).split(".");
if(temp_n[1] == null || temp_n[1].length < 3) {
n[i] = n[i].toFixed(3);
}
}

using the digits of a number as an array

var number = 342345820139586830203845861938475676
var output = []
var sum = 0;
while (number) {
output.push(number % 10);
number = Math.floor(number/10);
}
output = output.reverse();
function addTerms () {
for (i = 0; i < output.length; i=i+2) {
var term = Math.pow(output[i], output[i+1]);
sum += term;
}
return sum;
}
document.write(output);
document.write("<br>");
document.write(addTerms());
I am trying to take that large number and split it into its digits. Then, find the sum of the the first digit raised to the power of the 2nd, 3rd digit raiseed to the 4th, 5th raised to the 6th and so on. for some reason, my array is returning weird digits, causing my sum to be off. the correct answer is 2517052. Thanks

You're running into precision issues within JavaScript. Just evaluate the current value of number before you start doing anything, and the results may surprise you:
>>> var number = 342345820139586830203845861938475676; number;
3.423458201395868e+35
See also: What is JavaScript's highest integer value that a Number can go to without losing precision?
To resolve your issue, I'd store your input number as an array (or maybe even a string), then pull the digits off of that.
This will solve your calculation with the expected result of 2517052:
var number = "342345820139586830203845861938475676";
var sum = 0;
for(var i=0; i<number.length; i=i+2){
sum += Math.pow(number.charAt(i), number.charAt(i+1));
}
sum;

JavaScript stores numbers in floating point format (commonly double). double can store precisely only 15 digits.
You can use string to store this large number.

As mentioned, this is a problem with numeric precision. It applies to all programming languages that use native numeric formats. Your problem works fine if you use a string instead
var number = '342345820139586830203845861938475676'
var digits = number.split('')
var total = 0
while (digits.length > 1) {
var [n, power] = digits.splice(0, 2)
total += Math.pow(n, power)
}
(the result is 2517052, byt the way!)

Cast the number as a string and then iterate through it doing your math.
var number = "342345820139586830203845861938475676";//number definition
var X = 0;//some iterator
var numberAtX = 0 + number.charAt(X);//number access

The greatest integer supported by Javascript is 9007199254740992. So that only your output is weird.
For Reference go through the link http://ecma262-5.com/ELS5_HTML.htm#Section_8.5

[edit] adjusted the answer based on Borodins comment.
Mmm, I think the result should be 2517052. I'd say this does the same:
var numbers = '342345820139586830203845861938475676'.split('')
,num = numbers.splice(0,2)
,result = Math.pow(num[0],num[1]);
while ( (num = numbers.splice(0,2)) && num.length ){
result += Math.pow(num[0],num[1]);
}
console.log(result); //=> 2517052

The array methods map and reduce are supported in modern browsers,
and could be worth defining in older browsers. This is a good opportunity,
if you haven't used them before.
If you are going to make an array of a string anyway,
match pairs of digits instead of splitting to single digits.
This example takes numbers or strings.
function sumPower(s){
return String(s).match(/\d{2}/g).map(function(itm){
return Math.pow(itm.charAt(0), itm.charAt(1));
}).reduce(function(a, b){
return a+b;
});
}
sumPower('342345820139586830203845861938475676');
alert(sumPower(s))
/*
returned value:(Number)
2517052
*/

Round the value in Javascript

I have scenario where if user enters for example 000.03, I want to show the user it as .03 instead of 000.03. How can I do this with Javascript?

You can use a regular expression:
"000.03".replace(/^0+\./, ".");
Adjust it to your liking.

This actually is trickier than it first seems. Removing leading zero's is not something that is standard Javascript. I found this elegant solution online and edited it a bit.
function removeLeadingZeros(strNumber)
{
while (strNumber.substr(0,1) == '0' && strNumber.length>1)
{
strNumber = strNumber.substr(1);
}
return strNumber;
}
userInput = "000.03";
alert(removeLeadingZeros(userInput));

How about:
function showRounded(val) {
var zero = parseInt(val.split('.')[0],10) === 0;
return zero ? val.substring(val.indexOf('.')) : val.replace(/^0+/,'') );
}
console.log(showRounded('000.03')); //=> ".03"
console.log(showRounded('900.03')); //=> "900.03"
console.log(showRounded('009.03')); //=> "9.03"
Or adjust Álvaro G. Vicario's solution to get rid of leading zero's into:
String(parseFloat("090.03")).replace(/^0+\./, ".")

This function will take any string and try to parse it as a number, then format it the way you described:
function makePretty(userInput) {
var num,
str;
num = parseFloat(userInput); // e.g. 0.03
str = userInput.toString();
if (!isNaN(num) && str.substring(0, 1) === '0') {
str = str.substring(1); // e.g. .03
} else if (isNaN(num)) {
str = userInput; // it’s not a number, so just return the input
}
return str;
}
makePretty('000.03'); // '.03'
makePretty('020.03'); // '20.03'
It you feed it something it cannot parse as a number, it will just return it back.
Update: Oh, I see If the single leading zero needs to be removed as well. Updated the code.

Assuming your input's all the same format, and you want to display the .
user = "000.03";
user = user.substring(3);

You can convert a string into a number and back into a string to format it as "0.03":
var input = "000.03";
var output = (+input).toString(); // "0.03"
To get rid of any leading zeroes (e.g. ".03"), you can do:
var input = "000.03";
var output = input.substr(input.indexOf(".")); // ".03"
However, this improperly strips "20.30" to ".30". You can combine the first two methods to get around this:
var input = "000.03";
var output = Math.abs(+input) < 1 ?
input.substr(input.indexOf(".")) :
(+"000.03").toString();